September

Der Garten trauert,
kühl sinkt in die Blumen der Regen.
Der Sommer schauert
still seinem Ende entgegen. 

Golden tropft Blatt um Blatt
nieder vom hohen Akazienbaum.
Sommer lächelt erstaunt und matt
in den sterbenden Gartentraum. 

Lange noch bei den Rosen
bleibt er stehen, sehnt sich nach Ruh.
Langsam tut er die großen
müdgewordnen Augen zu.

Input by John Versmoren

Authorship

by Hermann Hesse (1877-1962) , "September"

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by Werner Bühler (1904-1968) , "September" [high voice and piano], from Lieder für eine höhere Singstimme nach Texten von Hermann Hesse, no. 8.
by Hans Kracke (1910-1989) , "September", 1947 [voice and piano], from Trost der Nacht - Liederzyklus nach neun Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 3.
by Franz Krause (1889-?) , "September", op. 38 no. 4, published 1964 [voice and piano], from Zehn Gedichte von Hermann Hesse, no. 4.
by Harald Kruse , "September", op. 1 no. 3 (1947). [low voice and piano]
by Hans Nahme , "September", 1949 [voice and piano], from Herbstkantate nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 10.
by Johannes Nørgaard (1916-) , "September", <<1961 [voice and piano], from Sechs Lieder für Mezzosopran aus: Hermann Hesse, "Vom Baum des Lebens" und "Musik des Einsamen", no. 4.
by Herbert Schweikert (1927-) , "September", 1952 [alto, oboe, and bass clarinet], from Über die Felder... : Sechs Gesänge nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 4.
by Klaus Sochatzy , "September" [voice and piano], from Sechs ausgewählte Lieder nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 4.
by Richard Georg Strauss (1864-1949) , "September", WoO. 150 no. 2 (1948), published 1950 [soprano and orchestra], from Vier letzte Lieder, no. 2.
by Karl Heinz Taubert (1912-1990) , "September", 1936. [voice and piano]
by Werner Vogel , "September", 1941 [voice and piano], from Herbstliche Lieder nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 1.
by Helmut Wagner , "September", op. 3 no. 16 (1951) [baritone and piano], from Drei Lieder für Bariton nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 3.

ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "September", copyright ©
FRE French (Pierre Mathé) , "Septembre", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
SPA Spanish (Abel Alamillo Fernández) , "Septiembre", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Francesco Campanella) , "Settembre", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
CAT Catalan (Salvador Pila) , "Setembre", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
NOR Norwegian (Bokmål) (Marianne Beate Kielland) , "September", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
POL Polish (Alicja Istigniejew) , "Wrzesień", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRI Frisian [singable] (Geart van der Meer) , "Septimber", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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